Designing a polity
Subtitle: America's Constitution in theory and practice
By: James W. Ceaser
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781442207905; 9781442207929
Description: James W. Ceaser argues for the continuing central role of the Founding within the study of American government. Drawing on essays published over the past 10 years, extensively updated and revised to reflect current politics, Ceaser engages the Founding Fathers, particularly James Madison, emphasizes Alexis de Tocqueville as a model of political inquiry, critiques current and recent theorists such as Richard Rorty and Jacques Derrida, and explores the varieties of contemporary conservative thought. --from publisher description
Notes: Includes index.